On the role of wing sounds in hummingbird communication

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 532-541

  Hunter, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calliope Hummingbird; Communication; Digital playback; Rufous Hummingbird; Selasphorus rufus; Stellula calliope; Wing hum; Wing trill

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; SOUND PROPAGATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

AVES; SELASPHORUS; SELASPHORUS RUFUS; STELLULA CALLIOPE;

EID: 67650085872     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.06222     Document Type: Article

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